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Evan Meek

Evan David Meek (twitter: @meeker47)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: May 12, 1983 in Bellevue, WA
High School: Inglemoor HS (Kenmore, WA)
School: Bellevue Community College (Bellevue, WA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 11th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed May 27, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 2008
Team: Pirates 2008-2012
2012 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$875k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 3.037, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2008 25 PIT NL 0 1 .000 6.92 9 0 7 0 0 0 13.0 11 11 10 3 12 2 7 1 0 3 61 62 1.769 7.6 2.1 8.3 4.8 0.58
2009 26 PIT NL 1 1 .500 3.45 41 0 14 0 0 0 47.0 34 18 18 2 29 2 42 0 0 5 195 122 1.340 6.5 0.4 5.6 8.0 1.45
2010 27 PIT NL 5 4 .556 2.14 70 0 16 0 0 4 80.0 53 25 19 5 31 4 70 4 0 2 324 189 1.050 6.0 0.6 3.5 7.9 2.26 AS
2011 28 PIT NL 1 1 .500 3.48 24 0 6 0 0 0 20.2 27 11 8 1 12 0 17 0 0 2 100 110 1.887 11.8 0.4 5.2 7.4 1.42
2012 29 PIT NL 0 0 7.59 10 0 3 0 0 0 10.2 13 9 9 1 3 0 8 1 0 1 49 51 1.500 11.0 0.8 2.5 6.8 2.67
5 Yrs 7 7 .500 3.36 154 0 46 0 0 4 171.1 138 74 64 12 87 8 144 6 0 13 729 121 1.313 7.2 0.6 4.6 7.6 1.66
162 Game Avg. 3 3 .500 3.36 68 0 20 0 0 2 76 61 33 28 5 38 4 64 3 0 6 322 121 1.313 7.2 0.6 4.6 7.6 1.66

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2008 25 PIT NL 13.0 9 0 11 7.62 4.89 -0.10 -0.35 96.3 4.46 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.2 -3 .452 .497 $390,000
2009 26 PIT NL 47.0 41 0 18 3.45 4.50 0.13 -0.33 99.4 4.01 3 0.3 .6 -0.2 0.5 7 .507 .502 $
2010 27 PIT NL 80.0 70 0 25 2.81 4.50 -0.42 -0.34 100.8 4.62 16 1.7 1.2 -0.1 2.3 24 .525 .511 $413,500 AS
2011 28 PIT NL 20.2 24 0 11 4.79 4.35 -0.20 -0.33 98.1 4.14 -2 -0.2 .7 -0.0 0.0 0 .493 .499 $461,500
2012 29 PIT NL 10.2 10 0 9 7.59 4.37 -0.09 -0.33 98.1 4.06 -4 -0.4 .9 0.0 -0.4 -3 .455 .497 $
5 Seasons 171.1 154 0 74 3.89 4.50 -0.20 -0.33 99.6 4.35 8 1.0 .9 -0.1 2.2 25 .506 .501 $1,265,000

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2010 PIT NL 27

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2008 25 PIT NL 9 61 46 11 11 2 1 3 2 0 12 7 .239 .400 .522 .922 .216 24 3 1 1 1 2 2
2009 26 PIT NL 41 195 163 18 34 12 2 2 4 2 29 42 .209 .326 .344 .670 .267 56 6 0 2 1 2 1
2010 27 PIT NL 70 324 286 25 53 8 1 5 10 2 31 70 .185 .273 .273 .546 .226 78 6 4 2 1 4 6
2011 28 PIT NL 24 100 87 11 27 2 0 1 0 0 12 17 .310 .394 .368 .762 .377 32 1 0 1 0 0 1
2012 29 PIT NL 10 49 44 9 13 2 0 1 0 0 3 8 .295 .354 .409 .763 .343 18 0 1 1 0 0 0
5 Yrs 154 729 626 74 138 26 4 12 16 4 87 144 .220 .320 .332 .652 .266 208 16 6 7 3 8 10
162 Game Avg. 68 322 276 33 61 11 2 5 7 2 38 64 .220 .320 .332 .652 .266 92 7 3 3 1 4 4
MLB Averages .259 .327 .408 .736 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2008 25 PIT NL -3.9 -0.4 66 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .52 -0.3 -0.7 -5.8 -0.6 0.52 -4.9 1 0 7
2009 26 PIT NL 4.6 0.5 206 0.1 2.2 -2.1 .63 0.6 -0.4 2.3 0.2 0.63 4.0 7 2 32
2010 27 PIT NL 15.0 1.5 342 0.7 7.6 -6.9 1.32 1.2 -0.7 13.5 1.4 1.32 14.3 25 19 23
2011 28 PIT NL -0.1 -0.0 104 -1.0 1.1 -2.1 .84 -0.2 -1.0 -2.9 -0.3 0.84 -2.2 4 7 10
2012 29 PIT NL -4.1 -0.4 50 -0.4 0.4 -0.7 .56 -0.1 -0.6 -6.4 -0.6 0.56 -1.3 2 4 4
5 Yrs 11.5 1.2 768 -1.2 11.4 -12.5 .95 1.2 -2.4 0.7 0.1 0.95 9.9 39 32 76

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2008 25 PIT NL 9 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 .522 1 0 7 1 1 7 1 8 5 2 5 0 4.3 24
2009 26 PIT NL 41 41 14 1 1 1 0 1 0% 5 4 10 6 60% 7 .635 7 2 32 9 3 29 7 34 9 10 10 7 3.4 19
2010 27 PIT NL 70 70 16 5 4 10 4 6 40% 25 15 21 7 33% 8 1.316 25 19 23 32 8 30 13 57 15 8 15 16 3.4 19
2011 28 PIT NL 24 24 6 1 1 1 0 1 0% 7 4 0 0 8 .840 4 7 10 9 1 14 0 24 1 7 1 3 2.6 16
2012 29 PIT NL 10 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 4 100% 7 .565 2 4 4 1 0 9 2 8 1 0 1 1 3.2 16
5 Yrs 154 154 46 7 7 12 4 8 33% 38 24 37 19 51% .952 39 32 76 52 13 89 23 131 31 27 32 27 3.3 19

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2008 25 PIT NL 61 54% 4.9% 11.5% 19.7% 9.8% 55% 1.22 2.56 61% 17% 17.6% 6% 11 3 27%
2009 26 PIT NL 195 57% 1.0% 21.5% 14.9% 8.2% 47% 1.05 1.55 62% 16% 3.7% 8% 32 6 19%
2010 27 PIT NL 324 56% 1.5% 21.6% 9.6% 4.3% 26% 1.29 1.93 65% 15% 6.5% 19% 59 6 10%
2011 28 PIT NL 100 59% 1.0% 17.0% 12.0% 3.0% 11% 0.94 1.10 69% 24% 2.9% 6% 21 1 5%
2012 29 PIT NL 49 55% 2.0% 16.3% 6.1% 6.1% 23% 0.57 0.85 71% 41% 4.8% 9% 9 0 0%
5 Yrs 729 57% 1.7% 19.8% 11.9% 5.8% 30% 1.10 1.64 65% 19% 5.9% 12% 132 16 12%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.2% 8.5% 7.7% 33% 0.80 1.08 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2008 25 PIT NL 61 212 3.48 111 52% 35% 14% 14% 37% 65% 7% 34% 79% 44% 13% 8 6 13% 8 6 0 29% 3 1 0 0 0
2009 26 PIT NL 196 775 3.95 458 59% 32% 19% 22% 27% 68% 3% 40% 72% 51% 10% 20 10 18% 35 22 0 26% 9 8 -1 0 0
2010 27 PIT NL 326 1335 4.10 835 63% 22% 18% 34% 26% 78% 3% 49% 77% 52% 6% 19 13 22% 71 36 2 20% 5 2 -2 0 0
2011 28 PIT NL 101 380 3.76 227 60% 23% 15% 30% 31% 77% 0% 46% 80% 53% 8% 8 2 22% 22 11 3 24% 2 6 -1 0 0
2012 29 PIT NL 49 162 3.31 105 65% 19% 22% 24% 35% 81% 0% 52% 73% 59% 10% 5 4 31% 15 6 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0
5 Yrs 733 2864 3.91 1736 61% 25% 18% 28% 28% 75% 3% 45% 76% 52% 8% 60 35 21% 151 81 7 22% 20 18 -4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.81 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2008 25 PIT NL 61 11 1 0 3 0 4 2 1 0 3 7 4 0 57% 2 3 1 23 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2009 26 PIT NL 195 34 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 10 5 0 50% 1 5 0 74 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2010 27 PIT NL 324 53 7 0 5 0 5 4 1 3 2 16 8 2 50% 6 2 2 129 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2011 28 PIT NL 100 27 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 2 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2012 29 PIT NL 49 13 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 100% 0 1 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Yrs 729 138 11 0 12 1 15 10 2 5 7 37 20 3 54% 10 13 3 287 16 4 80% 14 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2008 25 0 1 .000 6.92 9 0 7 0 0 0 13.0 11 11 10 3 12 2 7 1 0 3 61 62 1.769 7.6 2.1 8.3 4.8 0.58 62
2009 26 1 2 .333 4.20 50 0 21 0 0 0 60.0 45 29 28 5 41 4 49 1 0 8 256 100 1.433 6.8 0.8 6.2 7.4 1.20 100
2010 27 6 6 .500 3.02 120 0 37 0 0 4 140.0 98 54 47 10 72 8 119 5 0 10 580 136 1.214 6.3 0.6 4.6 7.7 1.65 136
2011 28 7 7 .500 3.08 144 0 43 0 0 4 160.2 125 65 55 11 84 8 136 5 0 12 680 132 1.301 7.0 0.6 4.7 7.6 1.62 132
2012 29 7 7 .500 3.36 154 0 46 0 0 4 171.1 138 74 64 12 87 8 144 6 0 13 729 121 1.313 7.2 0.6 4.6 7.6 1.66 121

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2008 25 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 11 11 10 3 12 7 1 1.917 8.3 9.0 5.3 0.58 2.3 9
2009 26 2 2 .500 3.98 43.0 35 21 19 2 30 39 0 1.512 7.3 6.3 8.2 1.30 0.4 41
2010 27 6 2 .750 2.16 79.0 53 21 19 5 31 69 4 1.063 6.0 3.5 7.9 2.23 0.6 70
2011 28 1 1 .500 4.26 19.0 29 10 9 1 13 16 0 2.211 13.7 6.2 7.6 1.23 0.5 24
2012 29 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 13 11 10 1 3 8 1 1.455 10.6 2.5 6.5 2.67 0.8 10
5 Yrs 9 7 .563 3.68 164.0 141 74 67 12 89 139 6 1.402 7.7 7.6 1.56 0.7 154

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1411), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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